Hammond v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Hancock county; the Hon. Charles J. Scofield, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery, filed in the Hancock circuit court in the name of the People of the State of Illinois, as complainants, for the use of the said People, the county of Hancock, the town of Rocky Run, school district Ho. 4 in said town, and the Hunt drainage district, against Virginia W. Hammond, William P. Hammond, and' others, to foreclose the lien for taxes,…
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Hancock county; the Hon. Charles J. Scofield, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery, filed in the Hancock circuit court in the name of the People of the State of Illinois, as complainants, for the use of the said People, the county of Hancock, the town of Rocky Run, school district Ho. 4 in said town, and the Hunt drainage district, against Virginia W. Hammond, William P. Hammond, and' others, to foreclose the lien for taxes, special assessments, penalties, interest and costs against the east half of the north-east quarter of section 30, township…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Garter
It is insisted by plaintiffs in error, first, that section 253 of the Revenue act, (Hurd’s Stat. 1897, p. 1358,) providing for the foreclosure in equity of the lien for taxes where there have been two forfeitures of the premises for non-payment and want of bidders at the sale, does not apply to special assessments for drainage purposes, and that a court of equity has no jurisdiction to entertain a bill to foreclose such lieu; second, that if it be held that equity has jurisdiction to entertain such a bill, the decree entered in this case was erroneous, for the reason that, as it appears…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Blake v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
- Gauen v. Moredock & Ivy Landing Drainage District No. 1Illinois Supreme Court · 1890
- Mix v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
- People v. HencklerIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
- Biggins v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1883
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